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Issue: Vol. 4948 No. 4: 23 Mar. 2021
Type: Article
Published: 2021-03-23
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4948.4.5
Page range: 569–574
Abstract views: 138
PDF downloaded: 12

A new treehopper species of Cladonota (Stål) (Hemiptera: Membracidae:
Membracinae: Hypsoprorini) from Mexico

Schiele Museum, 1500 East Garrison Blvd., Gastonia, NC 28054 U.S.A.
21 Poniente #904 - A Colonia Insurgentes Chulavista Puebla, México.
Hemiptera Cladonota Mexico illustrations biological notes new species

Abstract

A new species of treehopper from Puebla, Mexico is described, Cladonota (Lecythifera) crucifixa n. sp., with illustrations and biological notes and compared with C. hoffmanni (Peláez, 1940).

 

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